Archives for January 2017

With February so near and Valentine's Day around the corner, we are loving learning with all things hearts, especially of the candy kind! There are so many learning activities you can do with candy conversation hearts, and one of our favorites each year is to grab some, sort the colors, and then graph them. It makes a wonderful math center and works on counting, sorting, and graphing skills … [Read more...]

These Cupid's Cookies are all the fun of baking, without the calories or sugar high! Students can use these for a variety of learning activities. I love how quick and easy this activity is to set up! Plus, it is lots of good, clean fun! This would be a great addition for a water table, or a fun sink activity. Add some letters to trace, and it would also be a creative writing center project. It has … [Read more...]

Add some love to your learning this Valentine’s with our Love Heart Letter Match Game. Warm up little fingers as you clip together matching lower and uppercase letters.
Our Christmas break is now a distant memory and the long cold winter days are really setting in now. We haven’t see any snow yet, but I don’t think it’s too far away now. Have you had snow? To brighten up … [Read more...]

Love is in the air - a love of reading that is! We are definitely becoming stronger readers every day. From learning our letter sounds to blending sounds together to form words, learning to read is truly an amazing process! We have had a lot of fun with our heart themed beginning sound match, but some of my kids are ready to work on blends, so these heart beginning blends puzzles are the perfect … [Read more...]

With February just around the corner, most stores (and classrooms, too) are gearing up for Valentine's day themes, with hearts galore. I am, too, however, there is one holiday first that I don't want to forget about - Groundhog Day! I just love celebrating February 2nd with my kids each year. Something about this cute-ish (are they cute, or not? Sometimes I am undecided) creature is just very fun … [Read more...]